Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto's parents, sacrificed their lives to protect him and the village from the ...

In Naruto, many things repeat from one generation to the next. This includes how ninjas fight and how they fall in love.

She helped her successor, Kushina, come to terms with the idea of being the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails and settled her mind for the responsibility that Naruto's mother would take on her shoulders.